Ambulatory RN Care Manager - Tacoma Primary Clinic

multicare; Tacoma (WA); On-site; USD 121,000 - 198,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Tuition assistance

Employee Assistance Program

Career development

Job summary

MultiCare is seeking an Ambulatory RN Care Manager to coordinate cross-continuum care and transitions for ambulatory patients. You will apply nursing process, collaborate with teams, and focus on safe, patient-centered care to improve population health.

The role emphasizes organization, clinical competency, and the ability to guide patients and families toward better health outcomes within the MultiCare system.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing required.
• Current RN license in WA or MLS.
• 3 years of recent clinical hospital/ambulatory experience.
• Certification in CCMC/ACMA/AAACN or similar preferred within 3 years.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate cross-continuum care and transitions of care.
• Advocate for patients and families with cultural sensitivity.
• Educate patients on disease processes and wellness opportunities.
• Assist with self-management plans and community resource coordination.
• Collaborate with leadership to optimize resource utilization.
• Serve as resource to staff and providers to improve CMS core measures.

Skills

Care coordination

Patient education

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Master's degree in Nursing (preferred)

Job description

Join a team that shares your calling

At MultiCare, you're more than just a job title - you're part of a team built on trust that cares for each other, our patients and our communities. Belonging here means living our mission and values every day. If your purpose and passions align with ours, you'll find a place to grow, do meaningful work and build a career you love in a community that feels like home.

FTE: 0.8, Shift: Tuesday - Friday, Schedule: Clinic Hours

Position Summary

As an Ambulatory RN Care Manager you'll be responsible for exemplary cross-continuum care coordination, orchestrating care across the health care system and identifying opportunities to improve patient care, services and overall population health. You'll employ the nursing process in the delivery of patient-centered nursing care and work collaboratively with multiple disciplines and resources facilitating wellness, and transitions of care for patients in the ambulatory environment.

This role offers you a great opportunity to apply your motivation, organization, substantial clinical competency, self-direction, interpretation of information and judgement skills and abilities to achieve the organization's goal of providing safe, reliable, and effective heath care excellence, patient-centered care and community engagement.

It's an exciting time to be a nurse at MultiCare. We are on a journey to become a best-in-class nursing organization. Together, we are creating an environment where nurses are owners in the clinical decision- making process, are well connected, have open communication with their colleagues, feel supported to develop professionally, and understand the future of nursing at MultiCare.

Responsibilities

• You will ensure the patient and family experiences seamless and safe transitions of care and engage with them as an integral and essential component of the care delivery process
• You will advocate for patients and families, ensuring sensitivity to cultural and ethnic practices and beliefs
• You will provide patient-centered education of disease processes and wellness opportunities
• You will assist patients and families toward self-management of care including goal setting for management of chronic disease, improving medication adherence, creating a plan for behavioral change and coordinating community resources via nurse visit, telephone management, or other contacts, as needed
• You will collaborate with leadership and the care team to identify opportunities, and develop a plan of action to promote appropriate utilization of resources across the continuum
• You will serve as resource for staff, colleagues, physicians and advanced practice providers to positively impact CMS core measures and National Patient Safety Goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing, or obtained within five (5) years from the initial date of hire; RN with 15+ years of service or internal candidates hired before January 1, 2021 may be considered in satisfaction of this requirement in lieu of an education agreement
• Current Registered Nurse licenses in Washington State or Multistate license endorsement (MLS)
• Master's degree in nursing preferred
• Certification as Certified Case Manager (CCMC), Accredited Case Manager (ACMA), Care Coordination and Transition Management (AAACN), Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN), or similar required or obtained within 3 years of hire ( Employees hired prior to 8/1/2023 will have this requirement waived)
• Three (3) years of recent clinical hospital/ambulatory experience
• Knowledge of care continuum (inpatient, ambulatory, post-acute, etc.) preferred

Why MultiCare?

• Rooted in the local community
• Partnering with patients, families and neighbors across the Pacific Northwest for more than 140 years.
• Growth and education
• Competitive tuition assistance, award-winning residencies, fellowships and career development to invest in you.
• Well-being and support
• Generous PTO, Code Lavender and Employee Assistance Programs to help you maintain balance and feel cared in your work and life.
• Living our values
• Respect, integrity, kindness and collaboration guide how we care for patients, communities and each other.
• Belonging for all
• Resource Groups and outreach programs help ensure every team member feels safe, seen, heard and valued.
• Pacific Northwest lifestyle
• Work and live where natural beauty, adventure and strong community connections are part of everyday life.

Pay and Benefit Expectations

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $121,118.40 - $197,579.20 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflecti